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2021.08.30 Lattice Softness: Key to the Identification of Metals with High Hydrogenation Abilities

The development of metallic hydrides with large hydrogen storage capacities will be crucial in bringing a hydrogen economy into existence. NIMS and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have discovered that the hardness of base metals—an ingredient for hydride synthesis—is the dominant factor affecting their ability to hydrogenate.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Title: A View on Formation Gap in Transition Metal Hydrides and Its Collapse
Author: Hiroshi Mizoguchi. Sang-Won Park,Hideo Hosono
DOI: 10.102/jacs.1c06307